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things that are frightful

when i visited my sister in illinois, we spent friday evening at great america's fright fest. i really just wanted to watch margaret and travis ride the roller coasters and take little savannah on the merry-go-round, but savannah slept the entire time so i went on a couple of roller coasters instead. it turns out that i might not have the stomach for them anymore. oh well.

fright fest was pretty cool, though. there were lots of frightfully dressed people wandering around and scaring everyone. well, or making them giggle. i am more of a giggler.

speaking of frightful giggles .. a scene from a book i read popped into my mind a few days ago and i have been giggling off and on ever since. it was years ago, but i think it was from "bitter is the new black". i am probably getting the details all mixed up, but the author saw something about a lost dog on tv. she then started worrying about what would happen if her dog went missing so she spent the entire day making giant lost dog posters with special pictures. i think she even laminated them. when her boyfriend came home, he found her in the middle of taping a video segment that she could send to the news stations. she was sobbing, and he, of course, thought the dog actually was missing, until she told him that she was just preparing in advance. i remember reading it; i was doubled over, laughing so hard i was crying. it was even more funny because i kept thinking, "but that is genius! i need to make lost dog posters for atlas!" i need to find that book again and re-read it.

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Losing your dog is a scary thing. Two days ago I found two lost german shepherds. These were obviously well cared and well behaved family dogs. Fortunately, the owners and dogs were reunited by early evening. Dogs and people were thrilled to be together again.

But this event reminded me of the importance of micro chipping your dog and, specially being sure that your contact information is associated with the chip. One of these dogs was chipped, but there was no contact information. The chip was useless in finding the owner. And the owner was not aware of it.

It was also a wake up call for me. My two dogs are not chipped. They will be within the next couple of days.

The first picture looks especially magical, like a fairy tale. Today was a lazy day, thanks for asking! What a cool frame and color style on your photos! Looking at them leaves me happy and wishing I could do the same. Maybe one day :)

@jenia: hi! it felt like a fairy tale. well, one with blood and frightfulness, which i guess most good fairy tales actually have. ;) blowing a kiss to you and your wish. xo

@ann: fraightfully!

@vicki: oh my goodness! that *is* such a good reminder of that! so glad you mentioned it.

@jerry: yes, it would be sad and scary! i can imagine how i would feel if atlas *were* lost. i think about the address thing too .. atlas is not microchipped but he is tattooed with his akc number (not my decision, but supposedly it was more reliable back then anyway) but the thing i think about is that akc does not have my current address info! you might have reminded me to do something about that. your dogs are lucky to have you!